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Thanks!

I translated Nino's "Niji" a while ago over at my Ameba blog, but I never posted it here for some reason. I know it's been translated lots before, but it's one of my all-time favourites, so I had to have a try myself. It's such a tricky song to translate accurately whilst capturing and maintaining the simple beauty of the lyrics.

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NIJI
RAINBOW

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At THIS AWESOME BLOG HERE , there is a transcript of the MC from the 22nd August live.

I've started to translate it! It's a bit sketchy in places, but thought I'd share it anyway.  I'll probably be re-drafting a bit before I post it on any comms, but I'll post it here for now.

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I translated Sho's solo from the new album!

It's actually much more risqué than I thought when I first lisened to it... Especially the Sakurap part. Dirty Sho! XD Was going to translate Nino's first, but Sho's was just too entertaining.

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5x100 Sho Interview


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5x100 Ohno Interview


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Never-seen-before Talk

When asked “what things make you glad that this person is here?”

Ninomiya: Ahh, that’d be because Leader never has things worrying him or anything! I feel glad that he’s always around.

Ohno: I survive because Nino’s always by my side.

Ninomiya: Leader’s face is cute, you know. Like, his eyes.

Ohno: Thank you.

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Aiba's interview from the 5x100 series in August's Myojo.

After Nino's wonderfully bitchy responses, let's move on to Aiba's, which are adorably humble and made of pure sunshine, as always.
(Aiba is 10-times easier to translate than Nino! His answers are so straightforward.)


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I've decided to translate this whole section, member by member. Starting with a very grumpy sleep-deprived Neener, who is not in interview-mode! Expect a lot of "not much", "nothing" and "doesn't matter"-ish answers.

Oh Nino ♥

Follow the *'s to the bottom of the interview for extra notes/explanations.


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